1947.CommanderofUPA(orTheUkrainianInsurgentArmy)DanyloChervonyigetsintotheterribleslaughterofStalin'sprison-campGulag,wherehemustgothroughhellandinhumaneprisonconditions,prosecutionofcriminalleaders,meanness,betrayalanddespair.Danylofindsthestrengthtoresistrepressionoftheprison-campcommanderandmakesadesperateattempttobreakfree,raisingthefirstrebelinthecamp.